unhelped
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5.8
- adjective
- /ʌnˈhɛlpt/
- After the disaster, many families were left unhelped.
Examples
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She felt unhelped during her time of need.
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Many people feel unhelped when facing challenges without friends or family nearby.
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He managed to solve the problem unhelped, relying only on his own skills.
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The child completed the puzzle unhelped and was proud of her achievement.
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After the storm, many families were left unhelped, struggling to rebuild their homes.
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He felt unhelped after asking for assistance but receiving no response from his friends.
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Despite her best efforts, she remained unhelped in her search for a job.
Synonyms
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6.3
Someone has no help or basic things in a difficult situation
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3.9
Without help from anyone else
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4.9
Done without help from other people
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3.9
Not held up by anything and likely to fall
Antonyms
How Helped
Surface Forms
Morphology
unhelped = helped (transparent) = un + help + ed
Formed by adding the productive prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'helped' (help + -ed), so the negation of 'helped' is straightforward.
Etymology
Unhelped is made of the prefix un- meaning 'not' and helped meaning 'given help'. So unhelped means not having any help and describes doing something alone or without support.